I was a pianist even before I could walk. I owe much of my initial interest to my father — a jazz saxophonist and avid music lover — for it was he who first emphasized how music “expresses the human condition in its most elemental form.”

This piece played on the traditional Chinese flute (dizi) is titled, “The Herdsman’s New Melody” in English and is composed by Chinese flautist and composer, Guangyi Jian in 1966.

Piano performance: Etude in A Flat Major by Frederic Chopin, BI 130 -- The second etude of Chopin's 3 Nouvelles Etudes.

John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” has been one of my favorite songs for the past 5 years.

This is a cover of Spring Thief by Yorushika.

This is a piano piece called "Rondo on Argentine Children Folk Tunes" by contemporary composer Ginastera.

YYZ by Rush is one of my favorite songs to play and is known as a challenging drum song.

I am playing the Gavotte en Rondeau from Bach's Partita #3. I put a lot of hard work and time into practicing this piece.

Katherine Hoover shared her inspiration for her piece, Kokopeli : It came from Kokopeli, a great mahu, who was also a flute player.

If my house was on fire, I would reach for my guitar.

I am singing World Caves in by Matt Maltese, however, I decided to add a twist.

This is one of my favorite song of my favorite singer Whitney Houston name of the song is " I am nothing " it is a beautiful but hard song .

Expressing creativity is my way of taking a break.

Jazz Blues scales improvisation with a chord progression focused in the key of C minor.

This is my recording of Blue Monk, by Thelonious Monk. It is a jazz standard over a 12-bar blues chord progression.

This is a performance of the song "Airegin", written by Sonny Rollins in 1954 and first recorded by the Miles Davis Quintet that same year.

This is my rendition of the Spanish Classical piece, Malagueña, by Ernesto Lecuona.

Feeling Good is an amazing, positive song that reflects on feeling empowered in your day, ready to do anything.

I have to admit that I actually recorded this just for fun. L'orage (The Storm) is one of my favorite pieces, and I just wanted to play it after a long day; I wasn't thinking about school or my troubles or the state of the world, but only the storm as it rages, and then begins to clear.

Music guided me through some of life's toughest battles and allowed me to explore my own culture.